Here’s the deal on doing posts regarding the utterances of Fraud Graham. I don’t want to. I really don’t. I want this dead and in the past. That said, I’m not going to ignore his bullshit with regards to his fleeing Pitt. He doesn’t get to rewrite the history.

Having failed in national media with claims that he took the Arizona State job for to be closer to his wife’s family. Then shifting to saying his kids were not happy in Pittsburgh. It just hasn’t worked at a national level. He’s still a punchline. He’s still a carpet-bagging joke.

So, in another round of national media stories it is time to once more massage the message. Appear humble. Claim that he understands the abuse and deserves it for now. As part of that, simplify the excuses. The hiding behind various family members hasn’t worked.

As Pitt Script notes, he can’t hide from this, since he is probably getting killed with it by other schools in recruiting. So he has to face the issue — sort of.

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This period between the end of spring practices in April and the start of the summer training camp in early August is a real dry spot for PITT football.

Chas is great at putting up posts on lots of different PITT related issues as he writes about basketball, recruiting, the media coverage PITT gets, etc.

Me, not so much.  My interest is heavily on the football side and that’s what I care to write about, but I need some help now.  So, I’m putting out a call for your thoughts on what would be interesting to read about and then debate/discuss on here.

We are all PITT football fanatics  otherwise we wouldn’t take as much time as we do with this blog so I assume we all want some fresh subjects to discuss at least every few days.  Hey, I strung out the Star Rating System into three pretty long posts just to get something up on the board.  I’m desperate.

Therefore, unless you  really want to discuss Tino Sunseri’s attributes and potential for three months, and I can go there, then chip in with some ideas.

(^^^ My first image on The Blather!)

Let’s not do just a Q&A please, I need some substantive subjects that I can be able to expound on and produce something of decent length and quality.  How I get ideas for articles is usually event driven when there are events to drive something.  Without that I usually just let my mind wander over some things I myself would like background, info and opinions on.  I’ll do the heavy lifting – all you need to do is point me in the right direction.

Thanks guys…

No commits at this point, so there is nothing real to report. That said, there are tournaments every weekend and the coaches are out taking a look at possible kids for 2013, 14 and even 15. This round-up is focused on the guards that Pitt is watching in 2013.

Some leftover info from the Pittsburgh JamFest of the previous weekend.

Sam Singer (Gold Coast, 2013, Ransom Everglades) – This fast-rising prospect is a 6’4” guard that can play off the ball but also help out at the point. Singer has very intriguing size for his position as well as a nice looking stroke. The Florida product tallied 8 points to help Gold Coast pull off a third round upset over Philly Pride in the nightcap on Saturday.

Singer said Miami, South Carolina, Central Florida, South Florida, Northeastern, Boston University, and William & Mary have all offered and that he’s hearing from Indiana, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Harvard. He also recently got a call from Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh, who has ties to Singer’s family. Alabama and Indiana have been monitoring him the longest, he said, adding that he could potentially make his commitment in the early signing period but is “nowhere close to a decision.”

Singer is a solid, consensus 3-star recruit at the moment. Singer has family that lives in Pittsburgh, so that is how Dixon has ties to the Singers. While it appears at the moment that Dixon and Pitt’s interest is more courtesy than true desire to add him, that could change — provided he doesn’t make an early commitment decision. He had an excellent junior year and has impressed at the early tournaments — hence the growing list of programs interested and offering him. He also has an excellent academic record — which is why programs like Vandy, Stanford, ND and Virginia will likely move from interest to offers.

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